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Halifax Festival Shows Winter Isn't Dead

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 2, 2009 1:38 pm
Festival organizer and performer Amelia Curran described In The Dead Of Winter best: "It's like Christmas, only better." More than 50 musical acts performed at five venues around Halifax from Jan. 27 to 31, and Curran and fellow festival organizers Heather Gibson, Tanya Davis and Don Brownrigg outdid themselves. This year's Dead fest...
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Al Tuck — My Blues Away

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By Sofi Papamarko (CHARTattack) April 5, 2005 9:40 am
Like Ron Sexsmith, Al Tuck is painfully under-appreciated by the masses, yet deeply respected by his contemporaries. You'd be hard-pressed to find a Haligonian musician who does not cite Mr. Tuck among his/her allies or influences. Joel Plaskett recently called Tuck "a bluesman of the highest order." This is clear on the heart-wrenching...
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Polaris Short Listers Suggest Future Nominees

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By Aaron Brophy and Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 22, 2009 3:20 pm
"I call bullshit!" Chad VanGaalen shouted from the stage just after he pieced together that Leonard Cohen, who turned 75 that day, didn't make it to the short-list at Monday night's Polaris Music Prize gala. Cohen's Live In London double CD/DVD package made this year's Polaris Music Prize long list and was a bit of a contentious pick...
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Al Tuck — The New High Road Of Song

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By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) January 9, 2001 11:05 am
Halifax singer/songwriter Al Tuck has seen it all. Almost a decade after the infamous Halifax Pop Explosion, which saw major record labels scour our country's East Coast for the Next Big Thing, he remains a constant fixture in his community's music scene. Bands have come and gone, moved to Toronto, or just flat out split, yet Al Tuck is still...
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